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By Espie Estrella, About.com

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Check out this list of music education blogs maintained by music professors, musicians and music aficionados. If you're a fellow blogger who writes about anything music-related, let me know so I can add you to the list.

  • MUSicTECHnology.Net - A blog maintained by Prof. Joseph Pisano. Features topics on music technology and other related subjects plus very informative podcasts.

  • Music Technology in Education - Blog maintained by Dr. James Frankel. A good place to find information on current news and trends in music technology and how teachers can use it in their classrooms.

  • The Digital Music Educator - A blog maintained by Owen Bradley, a music and band teacher.

  • Catalysts & Connections - Blog maintained by Evan Tobias who is currently pursuing his PhD in music education at Northwestern University.

  • Music Education Magic - More than just a blog, it's a resource place of everything relating to music. Maintained by Chad Criswell.

  • Jason Heath's Double Bass Blog - Everything you need to know about the double bass and more can be found in Jason Heath's blog.

  • The Future of Music - Maintained by Gerd Leonhard, he blogs about music, entertainment, technology and its correlation.

  • Jennifer Cluff's Blog - A blog maintained by Jennifer Cluff, a flutist and teacher based in Canada.

  • Making Music Matters - Blog by Audrey Podmore, a composer, music teacher and facilitator.

  • Miikka Salavuo's Blog - Blog about music education technology and online learning.

  • Creating A Musical Culture - A blog maintained by Scott McClain, composer and creator of music education materials.

  • Piano and Organ Improvising - This one is maintained by Francesco Faleschini an Italian organ player. He also runs another blog called Fast Playing Tips.

  • Great Composers and Their Lives - This blog is maintained by Michael Ferris, "It is a collection of short articles on great composers focusing on their lives and what they had to go through to give their gift of music to humanity."

  • Composing Like Mad - A blog maintained by Travis J. Weller, Director of Bands at Mercer Area Middle-Senior High School.

  • Music, Education and Technology - This one is run by Prof. Debbie Cavalier, Dean of Continuing Education at Berklee College of Music's online extension school, Berkleemusic.

  • elearning for music - This blog is by Pete Whitfield, an educator and musician.

  • glued to the string - Maintained by Stan Haskins, a double bassist and public school music teacher.

  • Musictech for Me - This blog features podcasts by Professor V. Keith Mason, Coordinator of Music Technology at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.

  • Jonathan Savage' Blog - Jonathan Savage is the Senior Lecturer in Music Education at the Institute of Education at Manchester Metropolitan University.

  • Music Ed Lounge - A blog for instrumental music teachers who teach young students, maintained by an elementary music teacher and composer.

  • The Music is Free - A blog/website maintained by Robert Brannan.

  • So You Want to Teach? - This blog is by Joel, a band director in Texas.

  • Draper's Blogspot - A blog by Paul Draper, teacher and researcher of music technology at the Queensland Conservatorium.

  • John Wilborn's Weblog - A blog by John Wilborn who has 25 years experience teaching general and choral music education in Georgia.

  • The Music Teacher's Blog - This blog is run by Janice Tuck, a music teacher, owner and CEO of Fun Music Company.

  • Percussion Education - A blog maintained by Kevin Tuck, a composer, musician and author specializing in percussion music.

  • YogoMusic.Com Blog - YogoMusic is the brainchild of Noah Young and Shane, his bestfriend. This blog is an extension of their website which offers, among others, online banjo lessons.

  • AfriClassical - By William Zick, this well-maintained blog is an extension of his efforts in promoting African Heritage in Classical Music. Mr. Zick is the man behind the highly informative website AfriClassical.Com.

  • Discover, Learn, Play - A blog maintained by Eugene Cantera Carrollton, one of the people behind MusickEd.com which offers online music courses and lessons.
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